A client has constant thoughts about locking his front door every time he leaves his house. This client is experiencing a(n):
a. Compulsion
b. Phobia
c. Obsession
d. Anxiety reaction
C
Obsession is constantly thinking about something, and compulsion is acting it out. Phobia is irrational fear, and anxiety reaction is not a used term.
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